Queen's Speech

[mushroom25]

it has been claimed that following last week's less than satisfactory poll results for the conservatives, the queen's speech has been hastily rewritten to be more "popularist" - whatever that means (although downing street deny this).

so, what do AB-ers expect to see lined up for the next legislative session, and do you expect that any of it will help get the population back behind the government?

[NOX]

the population were never behind the Govt in the first place- niether had any majoprity and this was an hotchpotch assembly of unlikely bedfellows- so the chances of that improving are about as likely as me being elected as Prime minister and I cna tell you sadly that's never likely to happen:(

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.thesun.co....pasting-at-polls.html

This is the only link I can find that makes any suggestion of the claims so take it how you will, but if it is to be believed it looks as if the matter of 'Gay marriages' will be put on the back-burner.

[DTCwordfan]

suspension of the Chilterns HS railway project, suspension of gay marriages (a trade off for the HoL reform)

some small tax incentives to encourage small business

some small give away to oldies.

focus on crime (always a safe play)

[Gromit]

The Queen's Speech will be billed as a timetable for growth. It won't be. They will announce an extension of the road building programme (encouraging more cars while at the same time telling us to cut emmissions), but they will do nothing to encourage more house building

Yesterday Osborne apologised for the bad presentation of the Budget. He did not apologise FOR the content of budget, just the presentation of it.

Though backbench Conservative MPs are worried they look set to lose their seats at the next election, blaming LibDems for derailing Conservative policies, they still do not seem to have grasped they are in a Coalition. The LibDems need their pet projects like Gay Marriage otherwise they will feel they may be better off out of a deal with the Conservatives..

[Quizmonster]

Gromit, your point about the Tories failure to have "grasped they are in a coalition" is one I made in the thread immediately below this one, so obviously I agree with you.
Tory MPs must be pretty dim to blame the LibDems for being there and holding back the wonderful policies THEY would pursue, given the fact that they would be in no position to pursue anything - except perhaps foxes! - if the LibDems WEREN'T right there with them!
(My guess is that there will be no mention of foxes in the Queen's Speech.)